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Eating well is one of the best things you can do to stay healthy. A good diet gives you more energy, improves your physical and mental well-being, and decreases your risk of disease. This advice will help you learn more about:
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Posted by admin
- Wed Jun 18, 2008 09:21:17 PDT
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Dear Denise,
What are the best ways to live with a bruise while it heals? Is there a special makeup that can cover up a bruise?
It seems like almost every time I have a special occasion where I want to dress up and show off my legs,...
Posted by admin
- Wed Apr 2, 2008 11:43:20 PDT
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Ever needed on-the-spot advice for non-emergency situations, such as information including childcare, healthcare, food banks, or maybe homeless shelters?
Then the simple, three digit 2-1-1 countywide information and referral system is...
Posted by admin
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 15:46:53 PST
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By Rudy Sagastume
Special to MÁS
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, orderless, tasteless gas that is the product of incomplete combustion. It poisons the red blood cells so that they cannot carry enough oxygen to supply our vital...
Posted by icastillo
- Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:57:10 PST
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By Luz Peña
MÁS staff
This Nov. 14. won’t be just an ordinary day for many.
It’s World Diabetes Day — designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the chronic,...
Posted by icastillo
- Wed Nov 7, 2007 16:15:28 PST
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Editor’s note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. MÁS encourages readers to take a look at these latest updates on breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment. Then call all your amigas, hermanas, tias and tu...
Posted by admin
- Thu Oct 4, 2007 11:19:36 PDT
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Over the past few months, 23-year-old Bakersfield resident Ernesto Gomez Jr. has been placed on a 24-hour heart monitor, subjected to a series of x-rays and laboratory tests, and undergone psychological evaluations. In the process,...
Posted by admin
- Thu Oct 4, 2007 11:13:29 PDT
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As parents, grandparents or caregivers, we always want to do the best thing for our children’s health and safety. We make sure that they don’t eat too much candy. We teach them to look both ways before crossing the street....
Posted by admin
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:09:17 PDT
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Your “friend” has become your enemy. Your “monthly visitor” has overstayed its welcome. The “crimson tide” has become a tidal wave.
One in five — or 10 million — American women...
Posted by admin
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:06:47 PDT
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When it comes to helping someone in need, Socorro Carrillo doesn’t hesitate. She would happily carve some time out of her already busy schedule as health programs manager for the American Cancer Society to lend you a hand.
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Posted by admin
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:00:43 PDT
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In Kern County, Hispanics are the second largest ethnicity who have AIDS and HIV.
More than 31 percent — or 529 of the 1702 of all the AIDS cases here in Kern County — are Hispanic. The leading ethnic group with...
Posted by admin
- Thu Aug 23, 2007 16:14:45 PDT
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To combat a possible West Nile virus outbreak, the Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District began aerial spraying Aug. 10, and again on Aug. 13.
The West Nile virus is found in mosquitoes and birds. However, the disease is...
Posted by admin
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 14:18:47 PDT
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With kids going back to school, it’s no secret that childhood obesity is an epidemic.
Local strength and conditioning specialist, Aaron Gillies, shared some tips for packing a healthy lunch for school.
Ever wondered how many...
Posted by admin
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 14:14:01 PDT
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Editor’s Note: In partnership with the United Way of Kern County’s Born Learning Series, MÁS magazine is publishing the following information on children’s health and well-being.
The following article is the...
Posted by admin
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:58:54 PDT
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More than 2,500 attendees came out to the East Hills Mall last weekend to learn how to keep themselves and their families safe and healthy.
With more than 35 vendors, the first ever Women’s & Children’s Health &...
Posted by admin
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:57:17 PDT
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